inadequates
Those falling short
Inadequates is the plural of inadequate used as a noun, referring to people considered deficient or incapable.
The term carries a clinical coldness, often appearing in contexts where humans are sorted and judged: The program was designed to weed out the inadequates.
It reduces people to their perceived failures.
Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- underperformersThose achieving below potential
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
- washoutsComplete failures or busts
incompetents · weaklings · bunglers · no-hopers · ne'er-do-wells · disappointments · rejects · also-rans
Amounts below targets
- deficitsAmounts lacking or owed
- shortcomingsInadequacies or weak points
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
wants · scarcities · paucities · dearths · absences · voids · omissions · incompletions
Amounts below targets
- deficienciesInsufficient amounts of something
- lacksIs missing something
- wantsLongs to possess
- scarcitiesStates of insufficient supply
failures · gaps · voids · absences · deprivations · paucities · dearths · undersupplies
failures
Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- underperformersThose achieving below potential
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
washouts · incompetents · weaklings · bunglers · no-hopers · ne'er-do-wells · disappointments · rejects · also-rans · nonachievers
shortfalls
Amounts below targets
- deficitsAmounts lacking or owed
- shortcomingsInadequacies or weak points
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
gaps · wants · scarcities · paucities · dearths · absences · voids · omissions · incompletions · undersupplies
shortfalls
Amounts below targets
- deficienciesInsufficient amounts of something
- lacksIs missing something
- wantsLongs to possess
scarcities · failures · gaps · voids · absences · deprivations · paucities · dearths · undersupplies · limitations